The punishment for one who breaks a pledge

Question

What punishment has the Sacred Law prescribed for a person who, after pledging (‘ahd) to act upon some ruling of the Sacred Law, breaks his pledge?

Answer

To make a pledge and then act against it without a reason valid in the Sacred Law is a sin. If the pledge contained the words of an oath, he must also pay the expiation (kaffara) for the oath.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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